u/throwaway_1111_1111

Has anyone else disliked an assignment so much they still wanted to quit with only 5 weeks left? Basically bit more than halfway but 5 weeks still feels so long. Many shifts feel long & exhausting.

My housing situation is just so/so which plays into my overall experience but really it's mostly the hospital I don't like. 2 other travelers have quit this contract early since I've been here.

Trying to stick it out despite the dread and anxiety before work and also make the most of my days off.

I'm a traveling health care professional. Does Tacoma have a group for say travel nurses, PTs, etc? That get together and meet up to do fun activities?

Been at an assignment for only couple weeks and already not liking it very much.

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Some days I almost want to leave and find a new assignment but I drove a long ways to get to the east coast to be here. I also took this assignment sort of out of desperation. I was kinda of excited at first then my excitement dwindled when I arrived.

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Past assignments I've acclimated very quickly. My mood was better and I felt happy to be in the city and to go out.

Here I am not a big fan of the unit, area, nor my housing situation though I know it could be worse. I just feel like out of place and I often think about how much I don't like it but try to deflect those thoughts. I'm already counting down the weeks and it is not even one month yet. Woah.

I have not felt this way on any other assignment I've been on. Can anyone else relate? You get somewhere you have a hard time adjusting and are already dreading the 3 months wishing you were in a different city. I do try to think of the positive aspects- friendly community, nice weather and I am employed.